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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , THURSDAY , JANUARY 1 , 1885.
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THURSDAY , JANUARY 1 , 1885.
OMAHA.
Annual Review of Her Commerce ,
Manufactures antl Indus
trial Development.
Building Statistics-Railway Traffic
Educational and Benev
olent Institutions.
Facts and Figures Concerning the
Metropolis of the Missouri
Valley.
Omnlm , the metropolis of the
Missouri Valley , founded in 1851 ,
now contains u population of more
than 50,000. A fair uonecptlon of
the archlU'ctttro of her pnblio
buildings , bunking houses , busi
ness bloulcs , churches , school
buildings and factories is conveyed
by the sketches we produce in this
paper. That Omaha is destined
at no distant day to rank with the
leading commercial and industrial
cities of America is clearly mani
fest from this carefully compiled
and exhaustive exhibit of her
wholesale trade , banking business ,
railway traflic and manufactures.
The commerce of Omaha ex tends
westward through the entire re
gion traversed by the Union Pa
cific and Burlington and Missouri
river railroad systems , including
Nebraska , Wyoming , Colorado ,
Utah , Montana , Idaho and clear to
Oregon. That her commerce will
keep pace with tlie developement
of the trans Missouri region , be
comes evident bv a glance at tlio
map which shows the superior fa
cilities possessed Ity Omaha as a
railway and trade centre. The
merchants and manufacturers of
Omaha ure. however by no means
conlliR d to the country west of the
Missouri river for their market.
A very extensive trade is carried
on in Omaha with western and
northwestern Iowa , Dakota , north
ern Missouri , northern Kansas and
localities east of the Mississippi in
cluding Illinois and Minnesota.
Omaha's commercial growth is
practically exhibited by her whole
sale trade. J5y reference to our
second Annual Review , issued Now
Year's day , 1870 , Omaha's whole
sale traffic for the year 1875 aggre-
gate.d.Sr.'riOT.wo. In isji ) , the \sholn-
sale trade of Omaha , including
sales of commission houses , had
reached an aggregate of $11,223,000.
In 1881. notwithstanding universal
depression , tlie wholesale trade of
Omaha , exclusive of sides of com
mission houses , coal yards and
dcalersinagricultural implements ,
which are not strictly jobbers , ag
gregated $20,250,891 , and including
ioal , commission and implement
sales , aggregates $21,1182,8'Jl , an in
crease of 118 percent , within five
years. Tlio leading staples repre
sented by these figures are : Gro
ceries $5,950,000 , , lumber $2,700,000 ,
agricultural implements $1,8-111,000 ,
hardware $1,700,000 , liquors $1-
140,000 , boots and shoes $975,1)00 ) ,
dry goods $60iJO ( ) ( ( , paints , glass
and oils $750,001) ) , cigars and to
bacco $8:15,000. : furniture $750,000 ,
hidVs and leather $800,000. , illumi
nating oils S5iiiMio. ( |
The clearing house established
during the past year by the six
National banks of Omaha , enables
us to present a fair index of the
business transacted by our banks
which have made this the leading
financial centre west of Chicago ,
this side of Him Francisco.
Manufacturing in Omaha , which
was in its infancy ten years ago ,
has assumed vast proportions.
Her silver smelting and refining
works are the largest and most
complete establishment of this
kind in the world. Their product
during tlio past year exceeds SliO-
0(10,000. ( Omaha has the largest Lin
seed Oil mill and the third largest
distillery in America , and Nail
works operated to their full capac
ity of .11)1) ) ) kegs per day.
Iler while lead works , shot fac
tory , barb wire mill , safe factory ,
carrlago shops , cracker factory ,
breweries and scores of minor
industrial concerns afford employ
ment to thousands ol' working men
and are steadily increasing their .
trade.
The establishment of the Union
Stock Yardshas opened a now In
dustrial era forOmaha. Quito apart
from the vast interests that have
been concentrated in the creation
of a great live stock market , Oma
ha Is soon to become one of the
most extensive meat packing cen
tres in the United States. When
the immense packing houses now
in process of completion begin
their operations during the present
month from three to four hundred
head of cattle will be packed daily
for export , and thoiibaiidsof sheen
and swine will alsobcKlaughtered ,
cured and packed. Pork packing
had already been a leading indus
try in Omaha and this new depart-
up' will doubtless cause it to as
sume enormous proportions.
The most substantial proof of
Omaha's growth and progress as a
city is furnished by tlio exhibit of
public improvement sand thchtiild-
Ingreconl for the year. Omaha lias
expended for public improve
ments , stock yards , factories , pub
lic buildings , stores and dwellings
a grand total of $ r > , nM'J.l : ) ! > : ) , of
this amount $1.5:17,019.31 : , repre
sents the aggregate for public Im
provements iiinl $1,102,1(10 ( expend
ed in new buildings , factories , oto.
The expenditure for public im
provements includes $952,019.31
paid out by the city for grading ,
paveing and sewerage. , and $110-
IKK ) expended for extensions and
improvements by the Street Hall
way , water works and gas com
panies , and $115,000 disbursed by I.
tin Omaha licit Hallway and the .
various other railroad companies j.
in conslruction of Increased facili
ties for their local tralllc.
There were constructed In Oma
ha during the year 1,420 buildings
of every description , of which U
wore churches erected at a cost of
$15Sono , 10 school buildings cost-
Ing $102,880 , 117 stores costing $1-
lOii.fjoo. 10 factory buildings 325-
200 and 1172 dwellings $1,720,520.
To this must be added $31Gfl < )0 ) expended
ponded upon the Douglas County
Court house , hotel enlargements
and additions to stores and dwell
ings.
These facts nnd figures are not
magnified in the lenst. They dem
onstrate beyond a doubt that
Omaha has made more solid Im
provement and has shown more
substantial growth than any other
city in America of the same popu
lation.
BANKING.
Oinnlin lias for many yours been nil Im
portant flnmiclnl center. Hunks In nearly
nil the Btntea mid tcrritorlos west of the Mlfl.
nourl river nud ninny ImnkliiK houses In
Western lown keep their accounts In Ouinlin
anil obtain from liuro their supplies of cur
rency nmloxclmngo.
The banking lninliicss ot Omaha Is carried
ou by elx imtioiml Imnks , onn savings bank ,
nnd ono prlviilo bnnk. The fact ( lint the two
imtlonnl Imnks t'HtnMlshcdvlthlu ' the past
twoycnrs Imvoaucccctloil in securing n heavy
profitable ) business , ischlctly duo to Iba su
perior mlvnutngca Onmlm enjoys ns n coin
uicrclnlnnd flnnncinl entrepot.
On October ' . ' 'Id , 1 SSI , the Oinnhn Clear-
Intflloutio Association una organized , com
posed of the nix imtlonnl hunks.
Thin \vns nimich needed Institution , nnd
tin practical working gives iintlro satisfac
tion to all IU liieiiihcrH.
Tim largest week'sclenrlnps Blnco It com-
tni'iiced ' operations \sero 6 > -tll,011O , : ( , nnd
thu RinallcHt were Sl.sls.OIiO , with
all nvcrngo of Sl.O.'I'.l.sOli. Thu clera-
lng for the mouth of No\einher were JH-
: M : ! , la * .
These figures epenk for themselves and
dcinonstrato the volume nnd activity of
business transactions. Compared with other
clearing IUIUKO cltleH.lt will bo found Unit
they are larger than any other city of about
the HIUIIO population , nud will iiwrago well
with others , claiming in some cuscs diiublo
thu population.
According to the last ejnarteily reports ,
the combined resources of these Imnks were
irlUHW.T 'J.-IH. Total value < if real estnto
nud natures SII'J IlUO.Hi.1. ( Total amount of
capital6liu : ( ,000. Total bin-plus nnd un-
divided prollts , SriTI'.Til'J.O1 . * . Depof Of
nil Kinds , ! -i7it0.r.n : : I . ,17. Three or the na
tional ImiikHnrn United States depositoiies
That the Omiihu banks nio tnniiagvil wllh
great prudence nnd financial skill , by men of
integrity mid ability , isuvldi-nci-dliytliofact
that they hiuo safely weathered ovi-ry crush
and panic. No bnnk failure or suspension
has ever occurred In Omnha , nnd that speaks
volumes for the Htnhllityof her banks. The
following are the managers nnd ollleers of
the retipecllvo Omalm banking houses.
Kirst National Dank Herman Kountze ,
president ; Jolm A. Crclgliton.vlccpresident ;
IMl DnvlB.cashler ; Wm.H Jlegiiuler.nsalat-
nnt cnshler.
Omahn Nalloiml Hank J. H. Mlllard ,
president ; Win. Wallace , cashier ; llichard
Currier nnd K. K. Italch , assistant cashiers.
Nebraska National Dunk H. W. Yates ,
president ; A. K Touzidln , vice president ;
K. K. Hayden. iiHHlKtaiitcnaliler.
Murehntils National Dank Frank Murpli.v ,
president ; Samuel K. Kogers , vice presi
dent ; lien D. Wood , cashier ; Luther Drake ,
iiRRlHtant cashier
United States N'ntioimlHank C.W.Hamil
ton , president ; Jl. T liarlow , casbler.
Commercial National Jlniik Kzra Mlllard ,
president ; Win (5. Maul , vice president ; A.
Hopkins , cashier ; Alfred Mlllard , assist
nut cashier
Omaha Savings Dank James K. Doyd ,
president ; li M. Hoimott , vice president ;
Win A. 1'axton , immaglnsdlrector ; John K.
Wilbur cnnhler
JlcCiiguo Drothcrs , prlvnto bankers John
Ei.Mcdiguopresident and Wm.Ij. McCaguo ,
cashier.
WHOLESALE TRADE.
The wholesale trndo of Omalia extends not
only over the entire State of Nebraska and
the western half of Iowa , but ranges also
through the states nud territories west of the
Hocky If ou ntnliis , clear to tlio Pacific coast.
Ono hundred nnd fourteen jobbing and com
mission houses nro now engaged in this
tralllc. Sixteen now jobbing nnd three com
mission liousci Imvo heenestabllslied instills
city during the past year , nnd the voluino of
trade , notwithstanding the prevailing indus
trial and financial depression , has increased
fully thirty per cant , over the preceding year
Nearly all the lendlsg jobbing houses have
Increased their B tor ago and shipping facili
ties. The trulllo is carried on by the follow
ing branches mid llrms :
AailICnLTUIUL IMPLEMENTS.
Omnha hns nlno dealers in agricultural im
plements , viz : Llnlnger & Jletealf Com
pany , I'arlln , OrendoilT & Maitin , Hainex
liros. , I ) . M , Oahoriio & Co.McOormiik ; Har
vester Company , Omaha Implement Com
pany , Nebraska Implement Company , Kby A
Walter , W. J. Kennedy. Sales , # 1 , * 10,00(1. (
HOOKS AND STATIONARY.
The snlna for the past year of W. T. Ren.
munand.I. Cnullleld , dealers in books and
stationery nggiegnto .f'J50OUO.
HOOTS AND BIIOIH. :
The wholesale hoot nnd nhoo triido of
Omaha is curried on by two firmsW. . V.
MorKo A : Co. , ami Ki'od , JonrH , t Co. Their
sales for the pant year foot up.075,000.
CIQAllS AND TOI1ACCO.
West & FritReher , Konnnrd & Deleckcr ,
Cbiiin > tNow , ( jnrrnhrant A Cole , S. Trostler
it Co , Max Meyer it Co. , Wilson A Ijirisou ,
1'nrrottoit Sweenoy nnd M.Toft , jobbers ill
cigars and tobaeeo , havii inuilo bides during
1881 aggregating . 'jsi. : ; " > , OOO.
CI.OTIIINH.
The wholnsnlo clothing trndo of Omahn
done by M. Hullman it Co. foots up S'JjO-
000 for the year.
year.COAL
COAL AND COKK.
The Union J'aciflo conl dopnrtment sold in
this city during tlio vonr : i'Ctt ! ) : tons , lepre-
senting n vnluoof fJ''O.Hlll.no. Jn addition
there are the following dealers : , Ielf W.
lledford , Nebraska Conl and Limo company ,
Umahn Coal , Col > o nnd J , Into company , C u-
taut A : Sijuhes , Ouy .t Fitch , Nebraska 1'uel
eonipiiny , llenzon llros nnd Onmlm C'oul and
Proiltieo company. The sales of th.'se deal-
ers during ! > < Her amounted to Ii07 , . > 00 tons
or 81,11'J.OOO. Adding the U. I' . HiileH the
Oiimlmcoal trndo for IhSt foots up-lisii ( , : :
tons , representing In value about "
H'Jl.OO.
P.I' . Fay & Co. , Kopp , Drcllmn A Co. ,
nnd Stephens , Voeglo A Dinning. fjales 'Jin-
cojiJllsbiON.
Kleven flrms nro engaged in the produce'
fruit nnd commission business in Omaha1
.MuShami A Sehroeder ; llobert Purvis'
I'eycku ] ) ron. ; llranch A Co. ; llliighiini A
Son ; Troxell A Williams ; Weldeman A Co. [
Campbell A Co. ; John ( I. Willis ; Whltnoy A
Co. ; and K. Morony. Their sales during 1SS 1
aggregate $1 > IOOO ) ( )
rorriis : : AND UFICIR : ,
Hiifih O , Chirk A Co. , dealers in coffees and
splueu , report sales in 1HS I , $17r > ,000 ,
fllOL'ICUIIV ANII ClbABHWAlin.
W. li. Wright , Jlllss A Isuuca , Kauiuel
llurns Sales , . ? ! - . ' . ' > , 000.
DUUns , \INTH AND OI.ASH ,
C. V. Goodman , H. T. Clarke Drug Com
pany repoit aggregate Hales for the year nt
750,000.
DHV ooons.
Tootlo. Maul A Co. , J. J. Drown & Co.
Bales , MHI.ddd.
I'LOUII AND I'KKD.
nioncon Mills , Welshiins A Co.JjrcCrny & !
Co. , Schleii8lngerHroB. , Heath anil Atkinc
Bun , H. 1) ) . Troup , Duvrleos A I'cteraou c
Sales * 150,000. c
rOllNITUllli.
Dewuy A Stone monopolize the wholesale
fiirnlturotradoof Omnha. Thuir tales for
l sl aggregate 6750,000.
( UIOC'KIUKH.
Co. ; Allen llros. ; i ; . D Chapman ; McCord ,
llrady A Co. Meyer A Itaapko , eonstltute Iho
strictly wliolcfiilo grocery firms und their
Hales during last year agfifgate SO,0,10,000. (
IH'.NH AND M'OIIIIMI ( lOOIS.
Collins , Cordon A Kny , Max Meyer A Co ,
hauidlHpont'd of SKiO.ooo In guns , ammu
nition and sporting goods duiing thu punt
yeur.
W. J. Droatch , r.en. Tried it Co. , Hector ,
Wilht'lmy iV Co. , and Huwley & I.angworthy ,
dealers in hnnhviigo and cutlery ; bales fur
thu year nggri'gating S1,170.000.
MATS AMI C.U'S.
'V. Ii. 1'iirrottu it Co. , wholesnlo jobbers in
hats and caps. Aggregutu bnlen jri.dlill. .
IIIDKH , I.r.ATlIUl ANII I'lNDINQH.
Oberno , llosk'k it Co , Hlomnti Drothers ,
. . C. lliiniinKton , v Soni. llrandenbuig it
Co. , 1 * . II. Sharp A Son. Aggregate bales ,
M IO,0NI. (
n.l.UMiSATJsn OII.H.
' 1'liu Consolidated Tank T.tnii Company's
sales of illuminating oils ngyregato .7 00,000
during IriSI.
I.UJIHKU , l.ISli : AND TKMKNT.
Tlierouru twelve ilenlerg in lumber oiul
iimtt'rlula : 1 , , llnulford , ( } It.
IJrndlcy , Chlcogn I.umbcr Ci < mimnr.a'i
Ciairo IjUinbf r Yard , K.V , 1'txnti , jim
prietor , 1'red W. flrny. Oeorgo A Hfinglnnd ,
St. 1'aul Lumber Yard , C N niotr proprie
tor , J. A Wakefleld , (1 D. Wyntt. Ilitton-
houspACo , Nebraska Lumber t'o Sales ,
) j-'J. 700,000
ttQfnni AND
Ilor A Co.dler A Heller , 1' . Connelly A
Co. , Krank Dellone A Co. , Khrnmii A Dint-
wnngcr , Chnrlei Oruenlg , McNnniarn A Dun
can , Illloy A Dillon , J. A . Freylinn , Slubben-
dorr A Nc-stor , dealers In liquors. Aggregate
Bales , SI- 1 10.000.
Mlt.t.INimV AND NOTIONS.
I. Oberfolder A Co. , mllllnerv ' ; J li. Urnn-
dels , A Son , notlotm. Sales , ? : iilllOOO.
OTSTEI19.
Donohoo A .TinlRon , wholesale dealers In
oysters , established a hottso In Onmlm sixty
days ngo and are doing a heavy business.
8TOVKS AND TINWAlllI.
Milton llogers A Son have disposed " '
jf : i."iO,0 ( ) ( ) worth of Btovos and tlnners'.stock
during the year.
SAFKS.
P. Iloyor A Co. , nRonts for the ITnll Safe
nnd l ock Company , report snlos SiO,000. (
SADDM'.lir AND HAIllnVAHn.
Wclty A I.nndrock , Sloninn Dros. and O.
It. and J. S. Collins. Aggregate sales , f 105-
000.
RTKAM , WATf.n AND HAILWAT gtlFFMEI.
The A. It. Strang Compnny , Cowing A Co. ,
dealers in fstcnni pnglncn , hydraulic ma
chinery and rallnny supplies. Sales , # lfeO
000.
TEAS.
Wllflon A r.arlson , 1'nrrolto A Sweeney.
Sales , $ lii3OOU.
TOYS AND VltIOW WAUR.
C. S ( loodrlch deals rxcluslvoly In toys
nnd willow wnro. Sales during the year ng
gregato iiir : > ,000.
WAM. PAl'Kll AND 'WINDOW CIlIlTAIXrt.
Henry J.elimann , T. J. Heard A Dm. Sales
LIVE STOOK TRAFFIC.
_
Omnha is destined within a very few ycnrs
to become the glentest llvo stock collier nd
cattle market west of Chicago. Located al
most In the heart of the great cattle raising
region , with its exlmustlesn resources for
feeding nnd fattening vast herds ot cnttlu
and millions of sheep nnd hogs , Oin ilia en
joys natural advantages for the maintenance
of stork yards and packing houses which
fuw other cities In America possess. The
cattle feeding nnd meat packing industry In
Omaha has received its most powerful Impe
tus within the past year , by the establish
ment of thu Union Stock Yards , nnd the erec
lion in connection therewith of extensive
beef packing houses.
1'ork packing had for years been an ini.
porlant and nourishing industry in Omaha
hut it wim chielly dependent ou the enter
prise of James K. lloyd , the pioneer pork
packer , who hud for a number of years done
the bulk of hog slaughtering and consequent
ly controlled the market.
THK UNION STOCK YAHUS.
( See Illustration )
The Union Stock Yards company of Omnha
( limited ) was organized during the past year
with nn authorized capital of # 1,000,000.
Thu olllcors of the compnnv are : John A.
MeShane , of Omahn , president ; W. A. Paxton -
ton , treasurer ; A. H. Swan , of Cheyenne , vice
president ; M. A. Upton , secretary ; J. F.
Doyd , superintendent of yards. The direc
tors nro : W. A. 1'nxton , A. II. Swan , J. A.
McShnno , Frank Murphy , Thoinns Swobe ,
'Ihonms Sturgis nnd 1' . K. Iler.
The property of the company Is located In
the now town of South Omalm , about three
mllea south of Omaha , where the company
owns ' . ' .IU acres on the line of the
Union I'nclllc. The D. A M. Is building n
track to this point , and other roads will
bo able to reach the yards either by the
Omaha Dolt Hue or by their own trucks The
grounds nre admirably ndnpted for stock
yards on account of the excellent drainage.
The stockyards , which wore built during last
summer , nro now in full operation , and Imvo
a capacity of 10,000 head of cnttlo. ( J.OOO
hogs and 3,000 sheep. The yards are sup
plied with all the latest Improvements , nud
with pure spring water from water works ,
which cost $23,000. Thoeompany hns ex
pended upon this ontcrprisonhout.'i' ' 100,000 ,
of which amount $ 'J50,000 has been invested
in yards , packing houses , tracks and other
conveniences. There nro three miles of
truck , costing alone about $30OOO. It is
proposed to erect an exchange building
which shall contain the olllces of the com
pany , n bank , telegraph ofllco and other ac
commodations for transitions of business.
It Is also proposed to erect either separate erin
in connection with the exchange a hotel.
These two additional buildings will cost about
# 30,000.
The packing house , which is n largo frame
structure on a brick foundation , 1ms a ca
pacity nt present of 1,500 head of hogs It
/a Ttfnriffcto.'jv\7.v'f ! fpwJ ' .UiV tftf&Ijw wsvwc.'y
appliances and the very best machinery. It
has been leased for three years to the Ooorgo
H. Hammond company , of Detroit , for the
dressed hoof nnd pork packing business.
This company will begin operations within
twenty days , meantime the packing house
and other buildings are being enlarged ,
ro-nrrnngod and put In excellent shape.
When the additions nro completed the ca
pacity of the estaplishmont will be 500
beeves nnd 1,1300hogsperdny. Thoorigiunl
building cost $ ( > 0,000 , and the additions and
improvements will cost as much more. Mr.
Hammond is the father of the dressed beef
business in this country. Ho owna 1100 re
frigerator cars , and leases lOOmoro. Ho has
n largo establishment near Chicago. Ho
utilizes nil the olTnl nnd everything that
comes from u beef or n bog nothing , what
ever , Is wasted. It Is his intention to estab
lish slue works , fertilizing works , brush
works , a tannery , n butteriiio factory and
other Industries in South Onmlm , in connec
tion with his other business. Mr. Hammond
says that ho will dlsposu of all the cattle ,
hogs and sheep that can be furnished him ,
nnd that his proposed buildings will cover
fully three ncres of ground.
In the immediate vicinity of the slock
ynrds quite n little business town bus
already sprung up , there being over thirty
buildings.
The residence portion of South Onmlm lies
n considerable distance north of the stock
ynrds ou n commanding plateau , nnd includes
about 1 , ( > 0 ( ) acres. Ono hundred and twelve
lots have boon sold , and during the coming
year a largo number of houses will bo built
thero.
THK I3IUDGK STOCK YAUDS ,
Established In 1878 by C. Sclmller , capaci
ty , twonty-threo car of cuttle and thirty-
llvo cars of hogs. The business Is conducted
outhu'no yardage" principle and provided
the cattle and hogs sent by shippers nro not
sold on the Onmlm market they will bo
shipped by Mr. Scimitar and Durko A ( Ireeno
commission agents at these yards to St.
Louis or Chicago at through freight rares ,
thus giving the advantage of three markets.
Hogs tor the loeal butchers are principally
supplied from these yards. During the
paht year the number of cattle handled at
the Drldgo Stock Yards was fully up to the
capacity. HInco tholiog seiibou commenced
In , November upwards of Iti.OOO hogs were
received and shipped , representing a mon
eyed value of .f lOO.OOO.
PACKING.
J. K. Doyd.who is the lending pork packer
in the upper Missouri valley mid among the
foremost In the county , slaughtered at his
packing house ( illustrated ou bth page ) , dur
ing ( ho season , commencing November 1st ,
( III.OOO hogs. Ho paid out for hogs ijliillt-
OOOthe ; full capacity of his establishment Is
" ,000 , per day , and ho employs 100 men.
J. ! ' . hheeloy killed IK.OOO hogs during the
last season , nnd employs thlity men.
Harris A I'lshor killed 10,000 ; they em
ploy fifty men. At the lowest calculation
there were 100,000 hogs slnughtered in
Omalm slnco the Benson ot 1881 in Novem
ber , the amount paid out therefor was In ac
cess of # 1,100,000 , and nearly ! IOO men are
employed In these imcking houses.
Harris A Fisher kill about 0,000 cattle nnd
10,000 sheep per year.
Ilor A Co. fatten 11,000 cattle per year at
their Willow Springs distillery.
( WAIN TRADE.
The great staple cereal product of Nebraska
is corn , and for thu number of ncres cultl-
vnted , ns well as for minlltv , it Is the lending
cornKtntoof the Union. Increased acrengo
of small grain is being sown every yenr , and
Nebraska hurley is regarded by maulers all
over the country ns the best In the market.
So great Is the demand that thu homo brew-
era are not able to eccuro Biilllclent nuaiiti-
tlos to meet their own requirements , foreign
purchasers being early on the ground and
making their contracts for In advnncoof the
Benson. Omaha is thu iimrkot and shipping
center for the great bulk of the grain raised
In the Ktato. Last year the Union Klovator
see Illustration ; Hlmcbnugh A Murrinm ,
proprietor handled ut this point 1,000.000
buBhels of wheat , representing auluo of
700,001) ) ; ' . ' ,000,000 bushels eornv # 700-
0 ; 1,000,000 biiBliols outs , $ 'J5O,000 ;
loo.'ooo buahols rye , # 10,000 ; 00,000 bnr-
lllV ' . * 'i and ' flax , $ ' . ' 5,000
r , # .15,000. ' 'J5.OOO , ,
making Wgrnml'totar -II7.V > dvbUBhelii (
and a valno of # 1,1110,000.
The Willow Springs distillery fnriilblioa a
ciiBh market for corn to the farmeis the year
round. Ita purchabos Ini > t year wurn i p-
wardB of I MIooo bushels of all HI > i f
grain , principally corn , rye und barley , rep
resenting a vnluo of .MOO.OOO. The three
prominent breweries , Metz llro * , I'n-d Krug
nnd Stor * A Her , bought lilo.uoo bushels of
barley In 1SS1 , representing u cuth outlay of
over # 70.000
The three grist mills handles ubout 1 ! " > ( ) ,
OOO bmdiolH of grnin per year. The street
railway company UBO 15,000 bushels per ,
year.
It IB estimated that the miscellaneous salon
of corn in the car on thu local market amount
ed to an averuge of fifteen loads a day dur
ing thu yeai , or upwards of lOO.OOO bushels.
It IB Bufo to estimate thu aggregate quantity
of small grain handled nnd sold In Omaha in
Ib81 at ovcr5OOO,000 bushels , ,
Omalia l < * now the moat Import-
nut iimnnfni'tiii'ltif , ' I'ontro in the
i Missouri Vall > y. with a fair pros-
mvt of Ix'oo'mlnjj the leading
Industrial city west of Chi
cago. lU > r manufacturiiiK indus
tries have been dovclopinl within
the past ti-ii years , and their mar
vellous growth promises to con
tinue for many years to conic.
Omaha now boasts the largest
silver smelting works in the
world ; u distillery the ? fourth
in magnitude in the United States
shipping alcoholic spirits to
France and llusslnnall ; works that
turn out four hundred kegs a day
whieh are shipped lu great < niuu-
titles to San Francisco , and even
exported to Japan , and linseed oil
works that rival in magnitude the
largest in the United States. Ilor
while lead works , barb wire fac
tory , shot factory , breweries , pack
ing houses , lard rellnery , corinco
works , foundries and machine
shops , and various oilier mutiut'no-
torys give employment to more
than three thousand mechanics and
laborers. LIPU , but by no mentis
least , are the Union PaeUle shops
that employ from one thousand to
eighteen hundred men , in the con
struction and repair of locomotives
and cars.
Till : UNION' I'ACIt'IC MACHINE SHOPS.
Tin1 machine simps of tlio Union I'nelllo
rullroml aru the most extensive mechanical
establishment in tin- city of Oiimtm. They
cover mi area of over thirty acres , nnil with
tlitilr recent euhiigement nro thu best equip
ped railroad HhoiH in the west. Thulocomo-
tiv < > round limiHi1 and a wing of the present
machine shops , WITH erected 111 lMi. , niul
additions have been made to the buildings
nnil machinery fniin year to your , until they
now assume niiiniinoth propoitlons The
aggregate amount expended In the construe-
tlini of these works will approximate # 1-
r > OOOOO
OmiihnislhHnc'omollvoln'ndilunrtersofthe
llrst district iif tluI'lntto Vulloy illvlslon. an
well as the general hoiiliturti'rHof ( ( ] the Union
Pacific Hyst-m.
The oi.-Uru loeoniotlvo oijnlpniont of the
t'nlon 1'iiuitlc system consists nf 557 en
gines. An average of lll ; locomotives havu
been stationed at Oinuhii during the year to
do the work of thlH district.
At Onmhii in located ono of the principal
repair shops for locomotives of the Union
I'aclllc Hallway , and not only 1110 the neces
sary repairs of engines Htatloiieil In this
dlntrict done here , but engines are Rent here
from other divisions for overhauling nnil re
building.
During the past year 7 engines Imvo boon
rebuilt ut Onmlm , 1(1 ( hnvo hud guncial over
hauling , 10 have had piirtlalielialfK , anil 1O ! )
have had slight repnhs over anilabovo the
onlinary running repair : ) .
The engines rehullt at these phojH are , ns
regards coniplet 'iioss of llnlsh and capability
of service , o < ] iinl in nil respects , If not bettor ,
than the best engines from the hnlMora.
Kngino 1 H , rebuilt at Omaha anil turned nut
of shop in September , IHSI , Is an eight-
wheel onylnu , I .x-'l Inch cylinder , 5 foot
S inch driver , 30 Inch boiler ; weight , about
17 tons , without tender , mid is considered a
line typo of an engine , capable of taking u
heavy train at a great rate of npeeil
The cost of all repairs to engines at Omaha ,
including rebuilding , for the year ending
November Ildtli , 1SS I , wiu 81(11,7:1 ( : 1 111.
The following la an exhibit of the opera
tions of the motive power and car depart
ment for the year ending Nov. Until ,
IMy rolls. Including engineers
and ill-omen running out of
Omaha .
Material disbursed at Oninlia. : tO , llliHi.-l ( ! )
L'otal disbursements Omaha
shops . 1OI1.1'2'J7 , ! )
Average nnmbor men on
Omaha pay rolls each month
for yearlM. , 1' . AC. dept ) . 1,125 !
Number of locomotives repaired -
od at Omaha shops . 151
Number of car and engine
wheels manufactured in
foundry at Onnihii . 1:1,058 :
A vertigo weight of ouch wheel 5'JS Ibs
Total weight of whec Is manu-
factnred . ( > , S ! ) 1,02 1 Ibs
Total weight miscellaneous
castings Iron castings . . . . 'I , ( > 70ll ( ! ! Iba
Drass castings. . . . 233 , 101 Iba
Number of axles nmnufac- * <
f actiircd . 2,122 I
Average weight of each nxlo.
lutiif tfuigmriiYiisier ummr-
factured . 78,1,952 Iba
During the yonr 1SSI the following cars
have buen added to the oijnipmcnt by pur
chase : Honrteon liutret sleeping curs , 'JOO
fast freight box curs , and 7OOJOtou Height
cars , costing , exclusive of the bullet cars ,
SI"O,1 H.IHI ; and by construction , at com-
pnliy's shops , 15 first-class coaches , ! > bag
gage , < ) way and caboose and -J0. > Htandard
freight earn a total of L'li 1 cars built , and
costing S1."Jll.tj1 ( > . < > : t.
The aniouiit expended for repairs to cars at
Omaha fur the ten months oniling Octoboi
Illht. was * ' . ! ! )7"iiI.Ol ) : ! ail average of
# 'JO,7 < ; i ! IO per month.
The average immbes of cars repaired at
Omaha will aggregate 1.50(1 ( cars per year , or
: ! 7. > per month.
The number of wheels removed from cars
and replaced on the entire system for the
year will aggregate 1 1(3 ( ( 1 , representing an
expenditure of SKiii.OOO.OO.
The total number of cars on entire system
is I1I7S ! 1 , - of which are equipped with
Wi'Htinghouso air brakes for fast train ser
vice. -
OMAHA AND OHANT SMKLTING WOHKS
( Kee illustration on eighth page. )
TlioOmahaand ( irnnt Smelting anil Ho-
fining works are the largest and moat com
plete establishment of the Kind in the world.
They are operated In conjunction with the
Grant Works near Deir , or , Colo. , and nivo
steady employment to mer four hundred
band , whoso wages aggregate over < ' _ ' . " > 0OOO
a year. These works have been very ma
terially enlarged during the past year , and
# 7 > , OIIO more expended on additional build
ings and improvements. The capital In-
vrsted in # 'J . "illO.noil , and the value of the
product which Includes gold , hilver , anti
mony , lead and sulphate of eoppor was over
# -Jl.oiOOOO ( ) for thi' past year. The oIllcerH
urn : Guy ( ! . Harton , president ; J. D Grant ,
vice president.K.v. ; . Nash , secretary and
trcnsmer ; I'Jdwnrd Kildy , general manager ;
ClmrleH lialbach nud W. D James superin
tendents
THK WIIJ.OW Sl'ltlNOH
( Sen illustration , eighth pago. )
Tlie Willow Springs Distillery Company ,
of which 1' . K. Her is president anil .1. 1) .
Her is secretary , has a capital of sf'JOO.nno ,
and gives constant employment to ono
hundred and twenty-live hands , with an
aggregate pay roll of $7,00(1 ( per month or
.fjHO ( ) per year. In the cooper chop thirty
men are employed who make about il,0(10 (
barrels per month.
Thlity tunsof fuel per day , equal to 10,000
tons per annum , are consumed. Three
thousand head of cattle were fed during the
year anil three thousand tons of hay weru
iihed. The company make their own malt
in a large malt hmibo erected on the picmi-
aca. The products of Bpirlts , alcohol and
whiskies , including rovonun taxes , foot up
f'Jl'OOO. ! Thocost of nmtoiials lined was
i-'JI(1,000 ( during 1SS1. The revenue tax
averaged # ir > 0oMi ( per month. The capa
city ot the oHtablishmeut is HOO gallons of
aleohol per day.
The distillery was established nearly sixteen -
teen years ago. It has been an Important
factor In Omiihu in building up a market for
grain 100,000 bushels of corn , fiO.OOO
hiiidielsof rye , 50.OOO bushels of mult and
1O.OOO bushels of oats , u total of 510,0(10 (
biihhels of grain were used during the
present ypar-
The Willow Springs Distillery is , In ovary
respect , one of the most complete establish
ments tor the maimfucturo of line spirits in
America. The company do all their own
work In the way of rectifying and rcllnlng.
They have the most modern and linpioved
distilling machinery for producing mio
sphits.
A new and Important feature of the dlHtll-
lory Is the steam heating proems for utoriiifc' ,
curing and aging the goods , which keep a
uniform temperature in winter an well as
summer , theieby ripmilng them In one-third
the time of the old proccits.
This bchemo is purely original wltliMr-t-nrs.
Her A Co , who have secured a patent nn the
same , and pronounce It not only a success ,
but a financial saving
With the enlargement of their works , the
new machinery , the now alcohol house , and
other new and complete improvements , they
me now enabled to inuko as tine goods as
can bo manufactured auywlieio. In the Uni
ted States. Their products nru I'rench Col
ogne spirits , alcohol , pure rye and Doiirhon
whiskies , Hour and sweet mash , all ofhlch
ha\ < > acquired a wide reputation on account
of their superior qualities.
Her A-Co aroaliio engaged extensively In
the mauufacture of Kennedy's celebrated
Hast India llilters , which nnil a ready sale
in all the principal maiki'thin the world. i i
The reputation of the distillery and Herd : ,
f'o have heciired for them a trade which extends -
tends to the Atlantic and Pacific coasU , as
well as Australia , franco , Japan , etc
At the great exhibition hold in Sidney in
Australia in 17 ! ' . a number of premiums
and modal * were awarded the Willow Springs
DUtilleiv , of Omaha , .Veh , U. S. A , on
Hiibt India llittcrf , Hyo and llouibonVhls -
kies and Spirits
The company now occupy .1 fiiw four i-tory
building on Htiruoy street , huilt by P K.
Her , at n cost of if lO.OIMI , wliUh is Utted up
expressly for the manufacture and general
storage of domestic tiuil line blended fixMls
ntulliltliM with ti capariU of . .no hundred
to otie huii'lif d and tUM barn Is p r diu
The upper tl nr are nsrd f'T tln > t irntio of
tine wlrlxKti and impurtcil gix > d . tieb as
Hrnndlos , ( ) ln and \ \ inei of the llne t ijiinl-
ity
The ofllcr" " are nl o located nn the neoond
llHir.
A number of thelspcehil brnnd linvo
beeneopyrlRhte < l ut Wnshlligton , 1) . 0. dur
ing theliist venr.
KHUO'S DUKWKIIY ,
( lllustrnteil on * PIIRO.I
There l no better Indication of the im
provements mndo in Omnha during the past
year nnd the progressive march nf Its mniiu-
faeturlng Interests than the new additions
and betteiments iimiln to this popular
pioneer brewerv. A new three-story brick
Ice house , I'JxMI feel , IniR Just been
completed , also n conveniently arranged
hrlek boiler house Hxi7. : In order to ha\o
the construction atlended to in the most elll-
clentiunnuer possible , F. Wldnmn , miperln-
tcndeiit fur .lungenfeld , of St. Ixiuls , ono
of the most successful brewery designers in
the I'nlted states , has been on this ground
since the llrst brick wns laid , nnd given his
personal attention to the construction. These
now additions render Krug's brewery the
most conveniently arranged and systemati
cally appointed In the West. The brewery
buildings proper -olllce , stables and bottling
department- cover uu area of three-
quarters of n block nnd range from ouu to
seven stories lu eluvntlon. Two tubular
boilers of n combined power of IOO horse R
and n 50-liurao power engine of ImpioM'd
design furnish the motive fuice Tlio capac
ity of the brewerv is now 'J.'i.OOO barrels per
yonr , but owing to thu great popularity of llio
Krug beer not only in thlscitv and vicinity ,
but all over the West ( to which large car
load shipments are made ) , this number of
barrels will not , by any means , uqunl the
certain demand of tlio coming season , and n
Inrgolncrenso hits nlrondy been determined
upon for the sales of ! * * < ) . Last yenr over
1 ,000 hnrielH were Bold.
The brewing and general working fureo
consists of twetity-lhoporfionH. Threotluiu-
sand tons of lee aio required foreoollng pur
poses , in addition to three tons per day ex
tra In the summer. The cost ot the je'ir's
Improvements wns # (10,000 ( , nnd still fmther
additions are contemplated next > ear.
Almost everything in this extensive estab
lishment , from the reception of the barley to
the delivery of the beer , isdonu by machin
ery , and the entire operations are conducted
vvfth thi > smoothness and coirectnens of
clockwork. The bottling tlepnitmunt Is n
very prominent feature of the business to
day , Mr. Krug putting up as line a quality of
bottled goods ns can be found lu the conn-
try. For the city trndo nud family use , and
especially for his sides In the fur West , this
beer is n prime nud desirable article in every
way and deserves the attention of consu
mers. Llko the keg beer , It Is second to
none ou the homo market and superior to
most western products. In fact , the Krug
beer Is noted furits body , purity , nmbereli'iir-
ness , and , above nil , its clmmpagnu sparkle
under any and all circumstances , which
doslrnblo eirurvesetng qualities eontlnuu
down to the last glass drawn from the keg ,
and no matter how long the bottJu hns been
uncorked. No beer soul in Onmlm is more
popular than Krug'H ' , and the foreign trade
prizn it above nil other products. Mr. Fred
Krug. the proprietor of the brewery , and his
sou Will , who has direct nnd untlro manage
ment , nru to ho eongintulntrd on their busi
ness prosperity nnd popularity.
MKTX HUO.'S DUKWKUY.
( See illustration page 8. )
This brewery is favorably nnd familiarly
known nil over the west , not only for the su-
> erior quality of its keg and bottlu beer , hut
} or the enterprise of its proprietors in secur
ing tlio most perfect machinery for the
operation of their Industry known to the In
ventive spirit , of thu ngu IJvi-ry year finds
new improvements of Home kind completed
In connection with their brewery which to
day In a model establishment In every way.
Its capacity has been -lOOOO barrels per
year , but these llgures have been doubled to
meet thu requirements of the coming season.
The Messrs. Motz have just put in two of
Crouch's celebrated beer refrigerators at u
costof tf 10.000 , being the III Btns yet intro
duced west of Chicago. This does away en
tirely with the use of Ice , but leaves seven
perfectly arranged storage rooms , part of
which would have to bo tisul for ice under
other circumstances Indeed had not these
patent refrigerators been procured , Iho ca
pacity of the brewery could not have been
doubled without putting up additional ice
houses , which would entail great expense and
require nearly twice the building room now
occupied. All metropolitan breweries have
these refrigerators in use , ami It 1ms been
practically demonstrated that they are indispensable -
dispensable for keeping lager boor at n
proper temperature nnd rendering it in every
way perfect in quality. The Irregularity of
the ice crop in cities like this Is also another
fact to bo considered , and Motz & Dro. , are
now fully equipped for doing the very finest
other respects is systematically ar
ranged , the motive force being furnished
from two HJOdiTllly designed bollert of a
combined poworof ISO horses Tw enty-llvc
men uio employed , including brewers who
defy successful competition in thorough
knowledge of their business The products
of this browcry are what certify to the h'Mh
character of its operations , and over since
the Messrs Met/ have been in biifiinoHN hero
they have put In the market an aiticlo of a
quality unsurpassed In the country The
growing d < mand upon their supplies attest
the high favor with which the Metz beer is
received by the trade and consumers , not
only In Omaha but all over the west , to
which they make largo daily shipments dur
ing the season.
STOUTX & ILEIl'S IHIEWKIIY.
Up to the summer-of the past year this
establishment wns known us the Columbia
brewery , and was owned and operated by-
Mrs. J. Hanmunn. It was opened for business
in l Olt by the [ uto.Joscph llaumunn , and on
his death , ill December , lS7i ( , his widow
assumed control of the business. This
brewery is located In tlio extreme northern
part of the city , the grounds including a line
park , the Ilaumann homestead , and the
brewing works liatu a fiontugo of 'J70 feet
on Sixteenth street , and e.\t"nd back with
equal width to Kighteenth street. 'Ill"
buildings devoted to manu factu ting purposes
and the accompanying machinery are llrst-
claHsln every puriiuulur. The malt hoiiso
hat n. capacity ( if 17.OOO bushels ; the ieo
house , 1 , : ioo tons ; and the piodncing capac
ity ol the brewery Is 7OO ( > barrels per yoar.
No bott ing is done at present , hut wo under
stand a department of this kind will shoitly
bo added by the present pi oprietuis. The pro
ducts of this brewery stand in high fiuor with
the trade and consumers in this city , anil ti
largo increase in the brewery has been mudo
to meet the demands of 1SS5.
OMAHA NAIL WORKS.
( Illustrated , th pngo. )
The Omaha Nail Manufacturing compnnv ,
tvboho workH are located between Sixteenth
and Seventeenth streets , near the Union
I'aelllu Jlililroad tracks , employs 1-5 men ill
thu manufacture of niiilb. The works -ncro
established lu fS7 < ) and since then repeated
ly enlarged. They linvo n capacity ot manu
facturing IOO kegs of iiiiltH per day. Within
the past year thu company has added to its
plant a rolling mill to miinnfaeturu tin nail
rods , n factory for making null kegs and ma
chine shops for repairs. Capital invested ,
$10OOO. ( ) The works will ho enlaigrd
to double their capacity , thodemiind for the
product la-ing largely In excess of thu pio-
ducing capacity. The raw material con
sumed is principally old mils and fccmp
\\rniiglitlrun. Ollieurs : William A. I'nxton ,
president ; Jnmes Creluhton , vice president , 1
John W. Lauer , secretury-trwiBurer.
OMAHA WHITK LKAD WOHKS. t
( See illustration , eighth page )
Levl Curler , president ; C W Mead ,
vicu-pronident ; II. W. Yates , secrctaiy aim
treasurer ; S. 1. Louku , malinger.
Thesu works have been established Blx
ycais ; have Ihree mills wllh a dally capa
city of eight tons. Thu sales during the year
weru 1,500 tons
Liquid paint Is also manufactured and
during thu present year riO.OOO gallons hold
Forty men are employed und . * -,50O salaiius
paid monthly ; Tllo.OOO eapital is invested ,
and the sales amount to # ' . ' 50,000 yearly.
Thin industrial enterprise is meeting with
great success , nud its pioducts find ready
market lu all pints of thu country. The
Omnha white lend Is now regarded uu one of
thu best brands , manufactured.
WOODMAN L1NSF.KD OIL WOHKS.
( Illustrated , ' th page ) .
His no small honor for n young municipal
ity liku Omaha to be able to claim , without
fi'iir nl eoiitindictlon , thu most extensive'n- '
dubtry in any particular line In thu United .
States Knell , however , IB the case with tlio
Woodman Linseed Oil Workt They are
operated by one ( > f the strongest companies
organized tor manufacturing purposes In the
West , which win , incorporated in l h-J. The
paid-up capital is .T-5O 000 , and at Its bead
is Clink Woodman , a member of the Hoard
of Public Works of Omaha , ami n leading
citi/.en in every way The buildings arc lo-
ciiled In thu northern part of the city , and
consist of the main oil mill , a mammoth ele
vator and conveniently arranged oihcu quar
ters. Thu llrst named IB 111- feethquaiu ,
taking up two entire city lots , 'the motive
force la furnished by a 'JOO-lmrbo power Key-
uoldu-CorlibH engine which Heches its '
steiimllfe fiom three lll-foot tubular boll- > '
ern , ami the plant of general machinery IB at
complete In every respect. The daily I'JI-
houri capacity of thu mill is ' . ' .OOO bushelb
of eeed , from which nru produced IOOO gal- "
Ions of oil nnd (10 ( ono
pounds of oil i-ni > i- .
The iniiiiniloviitor has u etorago cupaeity ol
SiOO.IMlO bushels , and in the mill tlieio are
accommodations for 15O.OOO bushels addi is
tional. There are nine tanks for the storage
of oil , reprebi ntlng a capacity of ; , ( ( < l bur- Is
ruin , while on thu inside there are twenty ill
tanks , having u capacity of 1,000 barrels.
bpltic I dmiMp Mint c\l \ nm smidnr establish
lueiits 1 in tbe t ml-d Stntm I'r , < oi tiftv t
sevontv-five ! men are umplovrd
i O.MINK.U' CKU'Kril I ACTdHY
( See Illustration , page eight .
One of the most prosperous manufactories
III the city of Onmlm , Is the Joseph ( Inrnenu
CracKer company's faclorj The capital inVested -
Vested In this establishment Is $75 OOO and
the probabilities an- that tin- Investment will
be nmtvilally Ineiensed at an early day. The
concern employs one hundred nnd ten men ,
buys and Klrlx , whose wages aggregate 911)- )
OOO per aiiiium , hns a cnpnelty for three
huildiodnnd fifty barrels flour per dny , and
the value ol Us prodiiets iiRRregates JIMI-
000 a > ear. Within eighteen months since
this factory has been opened its consumption
of Hour has been raiseil fiom one hundred
barrels lo one bundled and twenty-live barrels -
rels every twinty-foiir hours From eight
hundred to one thousand boxes of crackers
are manufactured nnd hhipped out of thin
estnbllMiiiiont every Iwenly-fnur hoiiis Its
constantly Increasing trade exlends not
only through Nebraska , but to the teirllor
les beyond and to the I'nclllc slope.
THE llAIll ) W11IK FACTOItY ,
( Illustrated , ' -th pnge. )
The Omaha Dnrh Wlrb company , estnb-
llshed ls * | , ( capital # . - > OOOOi. has Its factory
and olllees loented corner Capital avenue
mid Illghth streets. The works have a ca-
iiaclty for turning out one carload of barbed
fence wlru per dny. nnd glvu employment to
> Omen Thu prodtiet Is disposed of to Job
bers In the states nud lorrltorie.s west of the
Missouri. During the past year the demand
has been largely lu excess of the supply , nnd
the vuiiks will boonlniged nt an early dnv.
Ollleers M. M. Marshall , piesldeiit'M. ; S ,
Mllbiirn , vleu president ; O. N. Iliunsev , sec
retary and treasurer.
HlltCK MAKING.
Thevo nru fourteen brlek yards in this
city , in which 10.000,000 " bricks were
innmitaetured during the pVesent M > ar.
An aggregate of gl.'iO.OOO Is luveste'd In
brick making , and during thu last Heason
employment was given to lour hundred and
tvveiity-llvo men and boys. The following
llrms nru engaged In the nnimifneturu :
Wlthnell Hiothers , Henry Livosey A Co. ,
IltnerllrotherH , lliilley A Olson , John Hun
ter , Herman Delas , llnlley A Smith , Meyer
A Kuiitz , Mills , t McCreii * S. (1. JoliiiBon A
Co. , Stanley A Johnson , Jolm Klevvlit , John-
sou A Yates , ami Thomas .Murray.
CIGAH FACTORIES.
There are sixteen cigar factories In Omahn ,
giving employment to IS'i persons Their
uggiegatu product during thu yenr wits out- !
muted at * ,00n,000 cigars. ' The leading
firm. West A Frlteher , have a capital of SHO-
OOO , and employ over IOO cigar makers. Thu
other linns me Koinmrd , t Delocker , S.
Trustier A Co. , W F Lou men , Jos. Heck-
man ' , Mm. J lllrsehleln , s. .lorgenson , L.
N'aehtlgiill , Lewis Hibbuler , A. V. Troll ,
Jones Hroa. , W. Ktrevker , E. PeteiHeii , J.
Jelen , Then Heck and C , Doenges.
1'HINTEKS AND DIXDKHS.
There are nine job printing estnhllhlimeiits
in Onmlm , exclusive of thohu earried on by
newspaper otlU-es , viz : Heese Pi luting Com
pany , G. W. Gray , F. S Manger , It. M.
Coulter , ( } M Haskell , T H. Cotter , lied
field Dros , and Isaac Sylvester The capital
Invested In thesu concerns nggiegates sill-
OOO , and number of persons employed , 7s.
COHN1CM WOHKS.
C. Spcehfh Coinice works , 1110 Douglas
street , einployn : ! < > to IO men. Capital # ; ii -
000 , A very heavy business win , done last
year in Wetteru Iowa nnd Nebraskii.
Omaha Cornice works , hoiith Twelfth
' ' " ' " " ' , near
I'arnaiu stioet , ompioys' 10 iiie'n !
MANUKACTUHING IIIIUJFS.
The Cunlleld Manufacturing Company
miimifactnres oveiallH. Capital , i--- . 'iOOl (
Last year's product , 1'ili ooo pairs of over
alls. Wages paid , .iv > 0lM ( ( > ,
A Kofenhorr ) 's planing mill , RU-.II doornnd
blind factory employs'JO men In the nnllaiid
forty men oiitsiduoncontriictwoik. Capital
used .ti,000. : ( )
P. J. Quality mtinufactuies 20,000 pounds
of soup per week , at his soap factory , which
gives employment to IO hands. Capital in
vested , 615,0(1(1. ( (
A. J Simpson's carriage woiks give em
ployment to forty mechanics , aggregate
value of carriages manufactured last year ,
The Omaha Shot company.wlth paid up cap
ital of u2.JOO ( , inanuliictme drop and buck
shot , balls and bar lead. Tw enty-llvo hands
are employed.
Stevens , Voegle & Donning maniifucturo
confectionery , j)22 : ) Douglas street , employ
. confectioners and 2 traveling men , besides
0 girls.
- ruiim vv.tttti . tis-Mry * nmt'-j'.incriiirtf
shops. Capital invested , ; > > ( i,0iO ( ; employs
SO men. DiiHlness of the yenr over , # 100-
I'omy A Segclko mnimfnetnio soda nnd |
mineral waters Their bottling works emtl
Pjny lOto 13 hands. Capital iuvested , # : ! (
000. '
000.Wilson's
Wilson's Doiler ami Sheet Iron Works ,
corner I'ierce nud Nineteenth streets. Cap
ital employ ed , # 10,000 ; number of men , 11. .
M. W. Hartignn , Mlshiiuii Valley boiler
works , corner Cuss and Twelfth street. Employs -
ploys 'JO men ; frlO.ooO capital in stock.
Omahn Safe and Iron Works. Capital
employed , SI3oo < ) ; employ 'io mun
Messrs. Andiien A Vnllun , projuiclors.
John 1'ower's cooper shop , corner Ninth
and Leaven worth streets , employs 1' : men
nnd uses i15OOOa year capital.
Copp , Dreihus A Co. , confectioners , employ
S people and _ '
traveling hiilesmen. The an
nual sales are f : I5ODO to # IOOOI. (
A. Meyer , maniifaetiirer of sash doors ,
blinds and builders' materials , earner Ninth
nnd Douglas , employs ill ) men.
A. Siefkin manufactures cigar boxes. Fac
tory lll'j Dnvunpoit Htieut ; ' _ ' ( ) men em
ployed. Capital , $ < 10,000.
J , Seymour has a cooper Miop corner
Llghteenlh and Pinn streetH ; employs IO to
Kilncii. Capital , # . - > .O0y. (
Novelty planing mills , 1OS South Eleventh
street , manufacture all kinds ot builders'
material ; employ lo men ,
G.H. AJ S. Collins and Weltv A Lund-
rock aie manufacturing saddles and harness '
on an e.xteiiHivo scale.
Clms. McDonald niaiinfiirtines ladles'
suits , 1 KM Farnam
street , employs IS por-
BOIIS. Capital # , 1,000.
Theo. Olsen , Iron and Drass factory , 1OS
South Eleventh direct , employs : i to 5 men.
Capital , $5,000.
N. Dnehl , loekHinith and machinist , north
west corner Howard and Fointeeiith btieet ,
employ * I men.
Novelty Iron Works and Mndilno shops ,
IOO and ! ( > < South Fourteenth street , em
ploys 15 men. ,
A. ] ! Hiiborman mannfaetnros rC
jewelry , rJl
cm1 llilrteunthiiiid Douglas stieets , emjilo/s Jl
, ' . ? ' ( ' . factory and planing mill , SIJ
" Sixteenth street , employs IS to SISi
"Oniu Si
SiSi
' Si
A'nii Kiirnn Elastle
NutlockVasher
com-
jJJ'jJJV. ' 1-0 North Ninth street. Capital , 5.50- . < llE III
Otto J. Wilde , manufacturerf , showcases , HI
does an extensive business HII"
throughout the
I"
state. I"U'
U'
John Woarno & Sons , Foundry , corner U'Jl
ourtecnth and Jackson btreets , employ 1(1 ( Itgi
E. Moadlmber's gi
cnrrhigo
factory ompioys n
lit
twenty hands
and does an exteiiHlvo busl-
- K.
ness. tint
nt
Wllklns A Evans and Phillip Ootthoimor
manufacture $2(1,00(1 ( (
worth of shlits a year.
L. W Wolfe ACo. . manufactured electrical
instruments- valued $1(1,000 ( dnrlngtho year.
Excelsior Machine Shops , corner of Mar- lit
tiny and rifteenth streets , omployH n mon.
Nebraska Vinegar Works , Jones between
Ninth and Tenth streets , employs I ) men.
Omaha City Mills , \V. J WelHhans A Co , ler
employ twehe men Capital , if'2ri INK ) ,
C. 1' ray , t Co. , and Jl Sllllnr each em
ploy 2hands in candy miinutactiiilng
Henry Grebe manufactures hay sweeps
and wagons , Fifteenth and Hurnoy. wi
Oberno , Hosiek iV Co maniifacturo ono car foi
load of grease and tallow per month til
has
J E. McCray ACo's. . Hour mills employ tillOl
olghleon men. Capital .f O.OOO. 1.1
W. E. Oration manufactures carrlagu tops. i' ' <
Annual business , -50OOO.
J. L. Wilklu'H paper box factory turned out Olwi
.fll.OOO In boxes last year. wi
at
The trunk fnctorv of H. H. Mnrlioll4 had n to
largo trade during 1---I. ' "J
Omalm Vinegar Works , 1-0(1 ( Joneb street , roi
employs I men. ell
The flluneou flour mill employs fioluflvo Jose
ten hands. so , .
Hasiniin A Co have just establlshcil n gold
pen factory. ou
Steam Laundries.
NIIHHASKA STEAM LAUNDRY.
One of the best and nioht needed instltn--- ,
tionsof the city established during ; II
year. IB the NebniHku Steam Lnnnilrv , liteutud i f'l '
Kill and ! SouthI'ourtueiilh street , th
Mr. Charles S. Poor thu proprietor , bun eo
equipped his launihy with the lalest and ! < ' "
most liniuoved machinery for turning out I IU
llrst clash work Splei , > ilil light from the i ki
largo front plain glass windows , which sets le
elf ( be elegant huiMing in which the laundry , 1"
located , fai'ilitates its work nud i ' "
iiioinoti's c'leanhneri- which thin laundry cabt
a model. The convenielieunf its locution , : i f'1
the center of thu city too , has made It very thac
desirable to thosu who Imvu their vvuthlng ac
done away from home. yv
ItAlUtO.YDS.
The extrusive net work of railways -
ways which radiate in every
direction from Omaha makesthk
the most important railway center
west , of Chleago and north of
St. Louis. Omaha occupies the'
gateway at the east ITU terminus
of the pioneer transcontinental
railway net ween the Atlantic sea
board and the Pndllo coast. Thir
teen railways converge at this
point wlth'thcir termini , while
'several other projected roads will
be completed to Uinalia within the
next three years.
Cur city is favorably situated for
transcontinental travel.Ve ou-
ciipy an important position on the
overland routes , being the eastern
torminusof the railway lines which
complete the shortest ionics from
New York , OHeimo. St. Louis and
all points east to Denver , Lead-
ville , Salt Lake City , San Fran ,
cisi'o and 1'oi'tlanil.
Omnha hns diieet eoiineellon xvlth Chicago
and tlie East by four trunk lines vU : tin
Chicago llurlinglon A Qulney , Chicago , \ -
Noith\vi"Ueru , Chieago , Hoek Island A 1'aeif-
Ic and Chicago Milwaukee and St. Van !
Three trunk linestheJIIssomi I'acille , Wn
hash nnd the Kan. C'v , St. Joseph , v Oumlninf-
ford Omaha direet eonneetiou ith M Louif
and the South. The C. , St. P. , Miu. A Omnha
railway him placed Omaha within reneholthe
Vllmeiolii and Wisconsin lumber region
I'bi' Hurlingloii and Missouri Hiver railway
with its unions branches him for ye'imglv-
eti ( liiinha transportation facilities' ! ! ' souih-
ern and MUithvvesloni Nebraska and noith-
ern Iviinsns , and the completion of iu main
line to Ueiirer nllordit direct railway com-
muiiienlioii with ( , 'nlorndo , Ulnli nud New
Mexleo , with a Inlr proiwct of a competing
mil direct triniK HP II thu Way to tin
1'ucillo eonst at an , iav.
UNION 1'AOiriC.
The Union 1'aclllo railway , tint greatest
trunk line on the American continent , glvet
Omaha diieet eonneetion with thocoul , lion ,
silver and gold legloim of Wxnmlng and Cnl-
oradn , the sllter belt of rtab , hlaflo mid
Montana , ami the bullion m.d irnlt oxpoitlnp
region of California and the Paelilc coast
The heudimiirtcru of the Union Paelllo rail-
wayhine boeii located lu ( hiiulia ntvr since
the loud was charteied Alter the cniwnll.
dation of the Kansas Pactllo iiulway wiHi
tlie Union I'acille , the heuihiuiirters'of the
Kansas Paelllo were also romou'd to Omaha.
All the Mirlons branches and leased lines op
erated bv the Union Pueitlo rniluny luan-
ngeiiii' ! ! now bate their principal nlllcesln
the Union Pacillc heiiilipiatteis In thtscltv.
The company ow n and the ollleers occupy
a IniniKonii' and comnnidloiis ( he story
building , but the extension of tlio branch
lines and alHorptlon of other loads hiixu
taxed the capacity of the present headiiuur-
tors , and a new wing as large as the present
licadinmitois building will ho erected by the
company during the coming jour.
The entire Union I'nelllo railway system ,
comprising 1,71 * miletnf trunk line and
branches , Is npoititcd Irom Omaha
The total number of miles constructed by
the Union Pacillc dining 1S > < I Is not so gietit
as that of H2 nr ! * < ; i In relative impor- I
tiinco to tlio system anil to the trade nf |
Omaha , howexer. the work of tlio your sitr-
pusses that of either. 'Hie Oiegon Short line
division was opened for through business
from Omaha tol'oitlund direct , December
1st. ' Itghes the Union 1'aedlc a through
stnndanl-guago route to the far northwest.
The Northern 1'aclllo , the only competitor of
the Union Pacillc , extends from St. 1'anl ,
Minnesota , to Portland , 11112 miles. The
new 1t 1 Oregon Sboit Line route Is made up of
the t original Union 1'ucillc from Omaha , to
Granger. ( Wyo , S70 miles ; the Oregon Short
Line 1 proper , ( irungcr to lluntington , Oregon ,
1i f > 10 miles , and the Oregon Hallway and Nav
i
igation company fiom Iliintlngton to Port
land 1I 1 , 101 miles ; making the total distance
but I IS2O mill's. U will bo seen that the
Omaha route is ninety-two niilerishoiterthiin
that t fiom St. Paul The distance from
Onmhii ( to Sun I'raiicisco is 1,81)5 miles ;
Portland I is , therefoie , brought nearer to
Omaha ( than the great California city by
forty-llvo ft f miles. Through sleeping cars anil
ft through fI t freight trains run from Omaha to
Portland I , and it Is therefore fair to presume
that the larger proportion of both freight iiiii'l
passenger business to and from the northwest -
west will pass through this city , adding Im-
portunco 1 to this point as a trade and tralllc
centre.
1f The Union Pacific began running through
freight and passenger trains over its now
Leadvlllo line , between Denver and Lead-
ville , on November 1st , IS1 * I. This now road
reduces the distance between the two Colo-
272iullos long.
Lust spring the Heatrico extension of the
Omaha and Republican Valley branch was
llnislled | , affording additional rail facilities to
the people of the beautiful Hlue valley , and
completing the rail connection between this
city and Marysvillc , Kansas ,
'Uio I'nlleiton branch has been extended
to Cedar Itapids , Nebraska ; the Junction
city and Fort Kearney brunch to Jlellovillo ,
Kansas ; the Wood Hlver branch to Ketchum ,
Idaho , nnd the Stuart branch to Anaconda ,
Montana , all valuable feedcin to the main
divisions.
Transactions of the land department of
the Union 1'aciQc from Jan. 1st to Dec. 1st ,
IbSI.
Acres sold . -1 , 207,1)05. ) 'IS
Amount sold for . Jj.li-lUOsr)5.ot :
A vertigo price per ncro . $ 1 .02. 8
Number of purchasers . 1 , ! ( ( ,
Average number of acres to each , . . . -132.7
inTAfjTIIANNACTIIINK.
Acres sold . 7.rliinO. ! ( ( O
Amount sold for . $2i5n,2 ( ) : J ! I.M ! >
Average price per ncro . . . c-2. ( 7 , 1
Number ot purchasers . 2."i,71' < .
Aycrugo number of acres to each. . . - ! ! . " > . -1 Is
Gross tonnngo forwarded from and receiv
ed at Omaha station , Union Pacific Hallway ,
for the year ending September HOth , is * . I.
Tons forwarded . 171 ! , Ml !
Tons rocch ed . I ) J'J'JD 1
Kollowing is acomplotorostorof thoKxec- '
utivo department of thu Union 1'acillc Hail-
way and ollleerswho nro located in the Head
quarters Duilding at Omaha. Executive
Department : Charles Francis Adams , Jr. ,
1'resident , Doston ; Ellshn All.ins , VL'i > - S.
President , Doston ; S. 11. Callnwny , Second
Vice- President nml ( ioniTal Manager , Omaha j
Henry McFnrland , Secretary nnd Trensuior , 3i
Hoston ; Oliver W. Mink , Ass't Sec'y and
Ass't. Treasurer , Doston ; James M. Ham ,
Ass't. Sec'y and ASH' ! . Treasurer , New York ;
John F. Dillon , General Solicitor , New York ; fcl
A. J. Poppleton , General Att'y , Nebraska ,
Wyoiwlng , Colorado and Idaho Division , ami
Jolm M. ThnrHton , Ans't Att'y , ( linalia ; , T. 1' .
Usher , ( loneral Alt' ' KIIIISIIN
} , DIvlHlun , Lawrence -
rence , Kan. Ollleers resident in Omaha :
Thomas L.KInihfillioncrarrrnlIio .Manager ;
C. S. Stobbhm , ( ieiieniITieket Agent ; O. 1' ,
McCarthy , Ass't ( lenerulTicket Agent ; J. W.
Morse , ( ielicial J'ussenger Agent ; S. D.
JOIIOH , Ahs'tieneral 1'anscnger Agent ; P. 1' .
Shelby , ( ienernl Freight Agent ; D. O. Clark ,
Supt. coal department ; S. T Smith , fleneriil
Supt. ; O. II. Dorriiiico , Supt. Nebraska I llvls- '
ion ; C. D. Havens , Assistant Hnpi-rniten. w
lent of the Plutto Valley Dlstiict ; "
E Lane , icsldont eiiulneer ; I. II. Congdou ,
superiiitenilent motive power nnd ear de
partment ; John Wilson , assistant superin
tendent ' ; . ! . J. HnniH , general hloro Keeper ;
John A. Gordon , division store Keeper ; W.
. McKen/lu , blatnmcry agent ; Obear K.
llollman and W. J. Ualbralth , division sur
geons ; KrastiiH Young , auditor ; J. W. ( Jiif.
lith , assistant auditor ; F. D. Hi own. ( anliicr ;
T. JosHolynpaymaster Nohni8kaWynmlns
and Idaho divisions ; A. C. J'ovell , pavmas-
ler Kansas and Colorado dlvisioim ; W. K , $
Wing , auditor passenger accoiinlH ; D , I ) ,
Davis , fiei lit nodili.i ; Aiidievv K. Van Kn-
rnn , auditor of agents accounts ; Jolm A.
McMillan , traveling auditor Nebraska ; Ever-
Hiicklnghnm , ear accountant.I. ; lllcl ! > ens-
tlcifcr , chief ungiueer ; Leavltt Durnhiiin ,
land commissioner ; Howard Kennedy , T
secretary land company ; 1' , L. I'erine , eash- to
laliit company ; A. Tiaynor , gunerul lei
baggage agent , C uniicil Illullu. St
ill
Hi'
THE DUHLlNfiTON A MISSOURI RIVER. III
'Ihu lliirlington nnd Missouri liner i all- en
way , with jtsvailnuu blanches , has been n (111C
formidable rival of the Union Pacific lor the C (
tialllu West of thu Missouri. The company Jnil
for years maintained its headipnirlcis In nil
Omaha , lu a substantial nnd commodious lai
building , erected by thu company ut an ex- torn
pensoof ; IT 10,000. HOI
'i'hoimpoitancuof thlsroinl to the city of HOIMi
Omalm In more lundily comneliendedvheii | nil
woremuinbi rlhat thejuoprietary roadsojier- Fur
nted by , and Included , under the "Hurling- On
ton"road , thu principal among -which nru : fifi
"Tho Chicago , Hnrlingtoli A Qnilicy rail- ular
load , " tbo "Kansas Cilv , St , 'osuph ' A Coun
lllnlfs railroad , " the "Hannibal A hi.
Joseph railroad , " nnd thu ' Hui hligton A Mis
souri River railroad , " covering in nil Homoi i wl
thing about 1,700 miles , terminating at I'hlHIII ,
cngonnd St. Louis In thuinst , Kiinsas City : K"
the I'otith , Denvnr on thu vest , nnd nil ch
center ! ' t In , by thu shortest possible ills'J {
tnii" 'heir own depots ill the city of coi
|
Thus , thurepreseiitntlvnof the Durllngton loll
luiutu in Omaha deals with thu public for all ch
nrliligton lines , nnil freight Is delivered In in
Omaha at the nxlonnivo fiolght depots of tain
uompany without oncn going out nf the haWl
control of the lliirlington Company This Wl
enables the company to make fast time ,
lunld transfers , nnd in all other leHpeeln
kicppaco with the demnndBol the hiiblncba ,
being entirely independent of all other com Iswi
panies fur access to and from Omaha , lor wi
liii-inchs with the west , Minth.Bonthoabt and ho
Nn other ono company combines1 such HOI
facilities' . The Itiirlington having besides fill
their own facilities , a bridge of their own fillmi
across the Missouri river , completed suvurul an
yearn tujo. tic
th" - . * . met mi I Hi' | . . . , v. ) of
depots iHin < l hiinip * . fcuKs , t , , fltrir
o\vn ' in OiMihn. tlu > Itnrlini't > n It , . \n
peculiar ' luhnutMk'eft. tinil vvilh IIi disi , - , <
make iisu of evi rvlhini ; . n * "HI n i k , i p
pnei' with | | rapidlv ineieniltiK denial 'I '
the i hiKtuunfl In nnd out of ( 'malm ' th-mtn
PIIII J > Imi Iieen Mendllv Inrrerisiug tin i. ,
' \ > i't ' nl trains , quickening the tune , and --.n >
pllf.vilig the thnuiKh inr nervtee. mil i nt
thin I time they inn Kolld trains hum their
! ottll , depot 111 Omaha to the Union ilepoM 10
Chicago , SI Louis , Ivan-usl'ity niul l'i nver.
milking couneetloii of eourso With t In v aid mi
railroads running from thine common n > n
Ires , he-dries placing Umnlm In ihinl com
iminlention bv the hrst of rnll.iind ) f-u ilit > i >
with nil thetov\iii rein bed by the thousands
of tulles nf their ovv n trad ;
Omahn ( o unv oi.jovs . thotidvniitiuje . .f the
follow Ing Hnrllngloit llouto Indus to an.I
from Omnha ; 'Iwo trains diulv Uivv
Omaha and Denver ; two trams < lmiv > > e
tvveen Omahttiind Kiinsas Clt.v ; two Irnitm
dally between Omaha and Vim MO. . two
trains daily between Omnha nnd M l.mn
With the be t of loetll nnd tlirniiib mail nnd
oxiii ui.fi fneihtte * mi nil of their ti inn-
The goneial I'lllrciH of the H. A M , loenUnl
IllUiiinhii , me U W lliildrege a--t gi'ii'l
manager'I ; , Miller , gtn'l fleiglu HUI-III . A.
H Smith , ftocniiil nsn't gen'I fi , i hi agent
I' . S. Eustlgeirl ticket ngi-nt , C. I ) .
Durlunn. nudltor ; W Ilitulall , fieleht
nnd tiuketiiudlUn ; I'.Ilellillch.io.s t auditor ;
J. O. 'laylor , nsn't tronemei ; M. Mi Kin-
non , acting car accountant.
At Lineuln : J. D. MeFiulnnd , laud 00111-
nilssloner ; .1. C. Dolinell. lisa I hind eom-
mlsslonir ; ( ' ICrimt , ei < 1ller land depnit-
meiit ; ' ! ' . F . Calvert , gen 1 Niipt and chief
engineer : C E Yules , Hiipl. tclegiaph , T
.Maistand , gen'l buggnge tigenl
At riattjinuulb ; H llinvt-.w < > rth. mnter
inechaiile ; C. M. Wead , uppl > agent
The ollleers in elinigu of the operation of
divisions me : nt Lincoln 1) . F. 'Ihonipson.
iiRa'ttmpt D A M. A Neb. inilwa.v diviMi.iii ,
and J. MeUomilll , nss't sup't Atelnson
division
At Mi-Cook : A Cnlllpbell , asR'l sup't 11. V. ' *
mid II A C division.
New lines completed In 1 H * I.
Miles
Chpsler to Hebron I1. id
Aurora to ( hand Island 1 , 'il
lleldl-egetoOvfuid ' . ' ( I'I I
DuWItt to Tobias -Jit (111 (
O.lell to Concurdia , Kan TO It * 1 11 7
Under construction Omaha Stock Yards
Hue i Ashland out oil. )
'I'hu completion of thu Keliesavv eut-olT
shuitens thull. > V M. line to Deiivi r twenty-
eight miles.
Should the Ashland eut-ulT , IIH now sur
veyed , be built. It will hhuiteu the llnu
( Omalm to Lincoln ) fourteen miles.
MISSOURI 1'ACIFIC RAILROAD
This is one of thu Oould syiteins , nud fur
nishes n very Important commeicml nitery
for Omaha , lilTording iliiect conneelioii with
St. Louis nnd opening trnillo with Noithein
KniiMis nnd Suutheastein NebiasKn
Mine fruits and vcgetnblcnnro Klupped Into
thN city over thu M P than by nu.v other
loutu leading into ( linnha The total lecoiptn
forlk--l wi'i-u 10l.t."iO : tonsnud lliu hlnp-
mentrt 1 lO , , iOO 'rhoeompany has uiuvaid
of 117 miles of track in Nebraska , and ruim
mainly through thu liver counties to the
Kansas line. Its business Hi tldseilv Is done
by thu Union I'aeillc lailvvnv eoinpnnv , the
local freight nnd passenger ngents of the hit
ter acting ill u hiiiilliirunpnelty for the Mis-
Hour ! 1'aelllc. Flank Moles , local passenger
ngent , rii'iier Fifteenth nnd Fnrnnm streets
Thu hendiitiarters of the company are lu St
/ Louis . , and the total mlluago of the > stem Is
(1,0'JO.
C1IICAGO.ST. 1'AUL , MINNEAPOLIS AND
OMAHA RAILWAY.
This is thu only prominent line Omaha
now has for communication with the noith ,
and by means of Its junction r > t Hlair , twenty
miles'frun this city , with tboFiemont , Llk-
horn nnil Missouri Valley railroad , the not Ill-
western portion < if the s'tnto la opened up lo
Omahn trade. The main lluu runs along the
ens ten i or Missouri liver bolder of the Htato
directly north lo the Dakota , terrlfory boun
dary , theneo crosses the ilver to Sioux City ,
Iowa , and cuiitimioH on to St. 1'aul nnd Min
neapolis , swinging eastward from thu llrst
named city to Chleago. Thin route Is of gieiit
value to Omaha , Inasmuch as it nllonls it an
available nvetr.iuto thu fruitful wheat llelds
of the Red River Valley of the ninth , the
pineries nnd general lumber dislricls of Da
kota , MI nnosola and Wisconsin , the resources
of the Lnku Superior country nnd makes
another competing line to Chicago , This
company la also constructing laterals into
the interior of the northern portion of the
state , having branches In ojierntlou since
1SSI1 to Norfolk in the Elkhorn Valley nnd
Hnrtlugton In the Nlobriirn Valley. A cut oil
at Flotenee , n few nillun noith of Omaha ,
was completed In Juno , 1 'w I , shortening thu
distance to SiotiK City materially , nnd lid
ding greatly to the successful operation of
the rond. It cost sji7r ,0U. ( ) The head
quarters of the Nebraska dlvi.'ion ' of tnls
iThMtt ! HrtT- < t > -ri
superintendent , ana F , It. Whlt'iu y yuuoral
agent. From llocomb.-r , 1 - * : ! . to December ,
188 I , thorn were received In this clt\ VIM the
C. , St. 1' . , M. A O , 1 llsuOIOO ( iioiindof
freight , and forwatdeil 1 ss , < H2,0Ml ( pounds
The main ofllccK of this road are at St Paul ,
and the following are ltn ollleers Manm
Hughitt , preBldent , Chicago ; K. W. Winter ,
assistant president , S > t. Paul , Minn , M L
Sykos , vice president , treasurer and assist
ant secretary. Now York ; J. M. Whitman ,
general superintendent ; John I ) . Howe , gen
oralBolluitor ; F. 11. Clarke , general trutllc
manager ; J.H. Hiland. general froightagont
James 'P Clark , assistant general fielght
agent ; H. A. ( irav , auditor ; T. J. Hymiin , as
sistant auditor ; ' ! ' . W. Teasdalo , general pus-
Bonger and ticket agent St. 1'anl "
, , Minn. ; ] , .
h. Woodman , secretary ; Win II. 1'hlpps ,
land c ( nmlsslonor , Hudson , Win.
WKSTKItN TJIUNK LINK ASSOCIATION
The Chicago , Mllwankeoand St. 1'atil , Chicago
cage , linck Island and 1'aeiflc ' and Chicago
and Nnithwcutuin railrouils ojierato their
lines between Omnha nnd Chtaigo , in eon-
junction with the Union I'nelllo. under what
known as the Western Trunk Line Asso
ciation. Union piiss-oiigor ami fieight olllces
aio maintained In the 1'nxton Hotel building ,
corner Fourteenth and Fiirnnm streets ( see
illustration llrst page ) , wllh the following
loMilnfliclals : Chicago , Milwaukee and St
Paul railroad , F A Nash , general agent ; J
II. Keene , stock ngent ; J N. .Morris , city
passenger agent Company's heaihiuarters
Milwaukee , Win ; J. T. Clink , ( jeneral
manager
Chicago , llock Island and Pacific railway
. S .Stevens , general agent ; Jerome Me-
Cllntock , asnistniitgi'ii | agent ; Col. K I'
Hooker Htoek agent ; Mall W Clair , city JIIIB-
< iger agent. HonihpiartorH of company ,
Chicago.
Chicago and Noithwestern railway \V N
Ilubeock . , geneial agent ; Jack Wotlnmv ,
stock agent ; A. M. Smith , city passei.ger
agent ; Itobeit Miir.h , travelling fieighl
agent ; II. L. lledell , tra\ellng ) ] iass < nger
agenu H ( > alijinitleis nt oonipnn'fnriign
The Union ticket ollico ol tlie U'ostinn
Trunk Line AsKOclation at Omalm C K.
Carrier agent ; D. 10. Kimbiill , assistant.
PULLMAN 1'ALACK CAll CO.
Omaha is the beadiiiartors | of the I'aclllo
Jhision of tbol'iilhnaii Palace ( 'ar company ,
comprising the entlio Union Pecille ladroad
Hystem from Omaha to Ogden , Den\ir and
I'nrtland. ( Oiegon , cotering tin K lines Unit
will aggregate over IOdd miles. L M.
llonnett ( , siiperlHtHiidont ; W. II Scott , as
sistant superintendent ; C F. WflKur * , re-
cel\ingcahhfer/ ; / . llrownell , loeal ticket
agent. Number of sleeping ears in I'aeifio
division , foity ; number of employes , eighty-
Uvo.
OMNIHUS THANSFUH.
The Oinithn Omnibus 'J'ransler Line , Kon-
nardiV Sharp , jiroprietorrt , ClnirloH Lloyd ,
HUierlntendeiit | , own six omnibuses , tUeeur-
riagob and thirty horses. Capitnl Invented ,
$2riOIMI ; number of llaiidn employnl , f.'i
TI3LE UAI IIY.
T.vor Klneo tlm completion of the 1'nelflo
Telegraph in I Ml'- , which hnd IU i-iislern
lermlmisln Omaha , Ibis has been omiof ( ho
leading telegraphic ( 'unties In thu I'liltcd
States. Them am hlxtcen telegrnph nlliecH
Omaha ill thin time , with lift-two vhen ,
giving ' employment , tn eighty npuinloiH and
flfty-fiiiirrleiliH , mohsengeiH nnd line build
Onmlm In lieadqimilcrs for thu thin !
dlhtilct ( if thu Wi stern Cnlon Trlegrnph
Company which U under the management of
.1 Dickey , superintendent. ' 1 ho Omaha
ollleonf thu Western Union Company tlio
largest in this district eiiiplojs forty opera
, six cleiks , six ollico bo > H nnd tun mes
sengers. L. BI. Ithi-om , malinger , K W
Mnvllold , chief operator , C F Patterson ,
night thief , and W. H. llalnes , assistant
thu ji-nr I * " I tlinni v > eiu handled In thu
Omahn ollico of the Wi-Hteni l/'niini , lH7i : -
I niOHhiiges nnd I'J,1O7.-1 welds of leg-
piesH rejxiitH Hiieelals and nmiket re-
purlH , I'ipial -0'l"i77 > | mi' ageH. Thu
Union I'lieifla Hallway Company nmlnlanirt
eleven olllees , emploing twenty operator * ,
ho handled during thu year I .HOO.dOli men-
HIIWS. J. J. Diekey , hiipeiinti'lidcnt , L H
Korty , anslHtunt superintendent , JI. Khuldon ,
chief opernlor.
Tim lliirlington A Missouri llivor Hallway
company maintains three ollires. | > | M , < . | n ,
iloinent toHlx operators mid bandied 'J''ij , .
iiii'hsiigi-Biluiiiig thu yciir ( I. W. hhaw ,
chief uperntor. Thu Chicago , St I'uul , Min
neapolis < fc Omaha Kallu ay coniiaiiy ] main
twimlllces , employ tlin u operatniH ami
handled U7r ! < 00 muHuugim U. J. Sninll
wood , chief operator. Total number of
messages handled by all the iilllcos , < ltoi : ; , .
The American District Telegraph company
a local concern , with twenty miles i , |
wires In the city nnd'J.'iO boxes In busmehB
hollbis by which calls 1'iin be imule for lues
Hunger * for any purposes 'J hero nru tnenty.
fcmi-u boyson ni'tlxu duty , and thu CM'ragi' '
number of culls per day In -"ill. A large
amount of business is done in ( ho distribu
of buulnusu tircularu , 850,000 huvlne